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Originally Posted by _God_
How many times would you allow the hornets to attack you or your family before you decided the situation would only get worse if you didn't do something about them?
And before you answer, please remember that there were terrorist training camps in Iraq, and Saddam, using money from the corrupt oil-for-food program, was paying the families of suicide bombers.
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I'm not sure why you'd quote me AND keep going with the hornet analogy, but I do have an answer. Once is enough. However, your short response seems to imply that "doing something" necessarily means waging the exact War on Terror (or Struggle against Violent Extremism) that we are currently engaged in. I don't know for sure that this is what you think (though it sounds that way) but I do know that I don't think that.
The argument that I think you're advancing (apologies if I've misunderstood) is the same one we hear from the White House: ithe alternative to supporting x specific policy on torture/wiretapping/withdrawal/whatever is to do nothing and let terrorists have their way with us. This is patently ridiculous and tiresome. There are plenty of other solutions that could be tried. We have more choices than just
this or nothing.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Are these the same intelligence agencies who had definate proof of WMD's in Iraq?
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Nice one. While I'm inclined to suspect this report is accurate, I'm sure that you're correct that both sides selectively demonize agencies/policies.